Austin Open: Semenistaja books spot in second round
Darja Semenistaja edged out Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-4 on Tuesday evening and will play the winner of the match between Argentinian Nadia Podoroska and Chinese Xiyu Wang, the No 6 seed, in the next round
Darja Semenistaja
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Latvian Darja Semenistaja reached the second round of the Austin Open by edging out Andorran wildcard Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-4 at the Westwood Country Club on Tuesday evening.
Semenistaja, ranked No 115, will play the winner of the match between Argentinian Nadia Podoroska and Chinese Xiyu Wang, the No 6 seed, next.
Austin WTA 250, other first-round results (Westwood Country Club, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Danielle Collins vs. Olivia Gadecki
- Peyton Stearns vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
- Anastasija Sevastova vs. Julia Riera
- Rebecca Marino vs. Sachia Vickery
- Katie Volynets vs. Renata Zarazua
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Sara Bejlek
- Tereza Martincova vs. Sloane Stephens
- Nadia Podoroska vs. Xiyu Wang
- Taylor Townsend vs. Fernanda Contreras Gomez: tuesday
- Emiliana Arango beat Alycia Parks: 6-2, 6-3
- Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Yanina Wickmayer: tuesday
- Camila Osorio beat Alize Cornet: 6-3, 6-2
- Yafan Wang beat Lucia Bronzetti (4): 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Diane Parry (5) beat Jessika Ponchet (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Yue Yuan (8) beat Arina Rodionova: 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
